Braider carrier



J. P. KING Oct. 7, 1941.-

BRAIDER CARRIER Filed April 24, 1940 INVENY; OR.

ATTORN Patented Oct. 7, 1941 BRAIDER CARRIER John P. King, Pawtuoketf'l t.-i:,;assignorto Smith'- King Company, a-corporatiorr of Rhodelsland Application April 24, 1940, Serial No. 331,424-

12 Claims. (Cli 7 96-15) This: inventionrelates: to a ,braider; carrier and has for oneof its, objects to provide a quick and positive; acting latch release for the braider bobbin.

Anotherobject. of the invention is simplicity of adjustment of tension applied to the latch that. variation: in such tension may be readily effected.

.Another object: of the invention is the simple and quick; adjustment of a compression spring encircling azrod or. part.

Another object of" the invention is toprovide spring tensionin the carrier so arranged that.

centrifugal. force; of the carrier when moving about the braider machine; will have little or no effect: on the tension. which the spring applies.

Another. object ofthe'invention is the provision: of an. easy acting latch release whereby the action of the yarn in causing such release will-not be subjected to an abrupt increase in tensionupon it. I

Another object of theinvention is to provide asimple and effective means wherebythe spring which acts upon. the weight may be easily andquickly changed for one of different-tension if desired. T H

.A further object of the invention is to providezan arrangement of structure whichmay be easilyfassembledor. disassembled for cleaning. and

yet one the'parts of'which are-securely held in place..when-.assembled. v V 7 With these and. other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel featuresof constnucti-on, as. will be morefully. described, and

particularly pointedout in the appended claims.

J Inthe. accompanying drawing:

Fig- 1, is. a. side elevation of the braider carrier. with. the latch in raised position iorengagement withthe teeth-of the braider bobbin;

Fig. 2 is 'an.elevation looking. at. the opposite side; of the braider carrier with the latehin released position away from the. teeth of the braider bobbin;

Fig;.3'.is a sectional View on line 3-3 oiFig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an. edge view of the carrier looking.

pentine;- pathway of a braider machine are continually moving; tow rdzandiromthe cent r; f;

the machine to which the yarn carried by the; carrier is dispensed. Accordingly, it becomes" necessary for permitting this varying movement. toward and from the work center and yet main- ..tain tension on the yarn which from the stand:-

point of good work should be, maintained. conpentine pathway;

stantly' tensioned. The carrier must also; beof. such character that it may operate at a relatively high rate of speed as the efficiency of: the

q machine depends on the speed of the carrier Carriers also travel about the machine at suchratethat centrifugal force plays some part in-v the operation of the parts; and inorder to'provide anarrangement with spring tension such; that the spring tension will not be affected by centrifugal force and also to provide for a quick;,; accurate, sensitive latch release which may be easily adjusted, I have provided a newway of pivoting the latch release and tensioning the; same in an arrangement whereby the release of the latch may take, place gradually or with--- out that sudden jar usual. in braider carriers; also, I have provided a. simple and efficient'means-g for-changing the spring on the weight which, is utilized on the carrier; and the following:- is. a more detailed description of the present embodiment of this invention; illustrating the pre ferredmeans by which these advantageous results may be accomplished: I

vWith reference to the drawing, IE! designates; generally the base of a carrier consisting of thev flanges H and 12 extending from the web l3 which. travels in the slot .inthe bed plate ofthe; machine for guiding the carrier through itsser [4 designates the horn'by which the carrier is driven. A package spindle. designated generally I5 is'cast integrally with the, baseand extends upwardly therefrom. This spindle has a base portion I6. which is cut away. as at I! and which provides a shoulder [8 above which is the upper smaller portion IQ. of the spindle. The shoulder l8 limits the insertionv of the. package onto the spindle for determining its bottom position. A hub 25;] also is cast integral with the base and provides a bottom mounting for a pair of spaced standards 2l and. 22, which extend upwardly from. the base and. are joined by a ,block, 23 which is secured in positionby a pin 24 passing throughthe blockand;

.also. located in a recess in the standard H as.

Th latch is designated generally 25 and is shown in perspective in Fig. as having an upstanding tooth 26 with an inwardly sloping angular end 21, shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The lower portion 28 of this latch is turned at right angles as at 29 to extend beneath the fulcrum projection 30 on the base N5 of the spindle, although any convenient point for mounting a fixed member with which this latch may engage as a fulcrum may be used. The latch is guided in its desired vertical movement between a pair of pins 3| and 32 projecting upwardly from the base It].

A latch lift member 33 is provided with a pair of ears 34 and 35 which slidably engage the pin 36 projecting upwardly from the base, while the arm 31 of this latch lift member has an opening 38 for pivotal attachment to th latch through hole 39 in the latch by a pin 39 which has its opposite ends enlarged to provide heads although permitting free rocking movement of the latch with relation to its lift member. A spring 39 encircles the pin 36 and forces the latch lift member upwardly. This spring is held under compression by .a spring clip 43 which may be adjusted along the length of the pin 36 to any desired height by simply inserting a screw driver between its outwardly extending ends and spreading the same to release its grip on the pin 36. In this way a very quick adjustment of the tension of the spring may be had. This spring will of course affect the yarn tension during latch release. It will be readily apparent that as the latch lift member is moved upwardly, it moves the latch upwardly into engagement with the teeth of the bobbin to prevent rotation thereof. The angle of the latch end 2? permits quick release as a movement about its pivot 39 to the extent indicated in Fig. 2 will release the tooth from the bobbin.

A tension weight designated generally 42 is slidable upon the standards 2i and 22 and by gravity will drop to the lowermost position on these standards in which position its stop arm 43 will engage the stop levers of the machine and stop the machine when this weight is in lowermost position. A spring 34 assists the movement of this weight in lowermost position and engages a hook 45 at the upper end of the weight and a hook it which is wrapped around the standard 22 and is swingable about this standard 22 in an arc of substantially 90 for unhooking the end 47 of the spring and replacing this spring with one of different tension when required.

The hub 20 has a bore 48 in which thereis vertically slidable a latch release rod 49 which also slidably extends through bore 53 in the block 23, this end of the release rod being somewhat enlarged to provide an enlarged bearing as at 5|. An L-shaped lever 52 is pivoted as at 53 upon the pin 24 and has a cam surface 54 in the path of an arm 55 secured to the weight, while the. other arm 56 of this lever engages the upper end of the latch release rod 49 just described.

The latch 25 has a laterally extending arm 51 with a slot 58 and shelf 59 whil the release rod is bent outwardly as at 60 to enter this slot 58 and bear upon the shelf 59 so that when this rod is moved downwardly, it will have an enlarged bearing for movement of the latch to release position.

The weight carries the hook 62, while the standard 2! carries pig-tail guide eyes 63 and 64. Yarn being led from the supply package will pass through the guide eye 63 beneath the hook 62 and then upwardly and out through the pigtail guide eye 64 to the maypole of the braiding machine; as the yarn is used up, the weight will be lifted or the weight will drop to take up slack until a time when more yarn is needed when the arm 55 will engage the cam surface 54 of the bell crank lever 5| to depress the latch release rod which will in turn bodily depress the latch letting off more yarn, thus letting the weight drop and latch move back into locking position as shown in Fig. 1.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible.

I claim:

1. In a braider carrier a latch for controlling the rotation of the yarn package, said latch having an arm with a tooth carried thereby, means engaging said arm at a location spaced from said tooth-for providing a fulcrum for said arm, and operating means independent of the yarn for engaging said arm between said fulcrum and tooth to move the tooth through a distance greater than the movement of said operating means.

2. Ina braider carrier a latch for controllingthe rotation of the yarn package, said latch having an arm with a tooth carried thereby, means engaging said arm at a location spaced from said tooth for providing a fulcrum for said arm, and means engaging said arm between said fulcrum and tooth and arranged to be movable 'in a straight path and operable to move the tooth in an arc about said fulcrum.

3. In a braider carrier, a base, a package spindle thereon, a projection extending from the spindle, a pin extending upwardly from the base,

7 a member slidable on said pin, a spring for urging said member upwardly, a latch having a tooth at one end and engaging said projection to provide a fulcrum at the other end, a pin connecting said member to said latch at a point intermediate the tooth and fulcrum end.

4. In a braider carrier, a package spindle, a post parallel to said spindle, a member slidable and rotatably mounted on said post, a latch, means connecting said latchand member to impart movement of the latch in response to movement of the memberon said post, and a guide to direct movement of said latch while at the same time preventing rotating movement of said latch and member.

5. In a braider carrier, a pair of spaced standards, a tension weight slidable on said standards and a weight spring located between said standards and out of contact with either of them for applying a pull on said weight, a hook embracing one standard to which one end of the spring is attached, said hook being swingable about said standard which it encircles for facility of attaching said spring.

6. In a braider carrier, a base having a guide opening therein, a standard extending upwardly from said base, a block carried by said standard, a package control latch movably mounted on said carrier, a latch release rod engaging said latch and movable to operate said latch and guided in said opening and block, and means for operating said rod.

7. In a braider carrier, a base having ,a guide opening therein, a standard extending upwardly from said base, a block carried by said standard, a package control latch, a latch-release rod guided in said opening and by said block, a. rockerarm carried by said block, a Weight slidable on said standard and provided with means for opera spring clip having an abutment for said spring,

said member being provided with means for adjusting the same relative to said post.

9. In a braider carrier a post extending upwardly therefrom, a spring encircling said post yarn control means associated with said post and operatively connected to said spring, a spring clip gripping said post and adjustable therealong for providing an abutment for said spring.

10. In a braider carrier, a package spindle, a latch, means for rockably mounting said latch for vertical movement to and from the bobbin base, and guiding means to direct vertical movement of said latch whereby the lateral pressure on the latch is supported by said guide and strain on the means for rockably mounting the latch is relieved.

11. In a braider carrier, a package spindle, a Weight standard on one side of the spindle, a yarn tension weight slidable thereon, a post parallel to said spindle and on the opposite side thereof from said standard, a member slidable on said post, a spring on said post for moving said member in one direction, a latch, and means connecting said latch and member to impart movement of the latch in response to movement of the member on said post. I

12. In a braider carrier having a base, a latch, a post extending upwardly from the base, a spring encircling said post and out of contact with the latch, means actuated by the spring for urging said latch upwardly to engage the yarn bobbin, a latch release actuated by the yarn for moving said latch to release position and means for adjusting the tension of said spring to vary the necessary tension on the yarn in moving the latch to such release position.

JOHN P. KING. 

